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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
730 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH OUT 60 NM...
CHARLESTON HARBOR...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 730 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
13 NM NORTH OF BULLS BAY TO 7 NM SOUTH OF CHARLESTON NEARSHORE
REEF, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...BUOY.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JIMMY LELAND TUG, HECTOR REEF, BULL BREAKERS, CAPE ROMAIN REEF,
CAPERS REEF, BULLS BAY, CAPERS ISLAND BUOY, RATTLESNAKE SHOAL,
CHARLESTON NEARSHORE REEF, CHARLESTON COASTAL ANGLERS, AIR FORCE
REEF, CHARLESTON HARBOR ENTRANCE AND CRAB BANK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3280 7987 3279 7984 3283 7974 3287 7972
3291 7964 3297 7965 3306 7957 3305 7941
3310 7940 3314 7929 3314 7927 3312 7927
3287 7876 3272 7876 3261 7882 3253 7893
3270 7992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 283DEG 29KT 3318 7965 3289 7969 3260 7981
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
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